Manufacture of buttons, badges, or the like



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Application filed September 25: 1922.

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Be it known that I, Crnirnns FREDERICK GAUNT, of the city of Birmingham,England. a subject of the King of Great Britain, have invented certainnew and useful Tmprovements in the Manufacture of Buttons, Badges, orthe like; and I do hereby declare that-the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof: I This invention relates to manufactureof buttons, badges or the like and is primarily intended to providemeanswhereb-y buttons or badgesl may be made by hand without the useofmachinery or, sewing, thus providing for the makingby the users ofbuttons of any required shape or size and covered with any requiredmaterial.

According to the presentl invention for the manufacture of,bu ttons,badges or the like I provide a disc, plate or foundation member ofsuitable thin sheet material and at its edges or periphery this memberis` provided with as number of projections which can be bent to engageand retain the edge ofthe covering material after which they may be bentbackwardly so as to lie at the back of the button, badge or the like soas to be out of sight.

It is preferred to provide the disc plate or equivalent member with a`central raised portion of the form required for the face of the buttonand to provide a stiifening member of Vsuitable form fitting into theunder side of this raised portion.v

This stiffeiiing member is preferably provided with a pin or an eye orotherwise formed to provide for the attachment of the button or badge tothe garment by the pin or by sewing and the bent back hook likerportions at the periphery of the foundation may engage over its edges.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention, reference must be hadto the ac# companying drawings in which similar reference charactersindicate the same parts and wherein: y

Figure l is a fragmentary plan view of the foundation member of thebutton;

Figure `2 is a similar view of the button when the projections of thefoundation member have been folded inwardly to grip the coveringmaterial;

Figure 3 is'a sectional elevation of the member shown in Figure i;

Figure 4 is a sectional elevation of the butto-n as shown in Figure 2;

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Figure 5 is a sectional view' showing the f button in the next stage offormatio'iig,"v

Figure 6 is'a sectional view showing the button in the next stage offormation; and

Figure 7 is'-a part sectional -viewshowing the final form of the button.,Y Y

in the construction illustrated upon the accompanying drawings the basemember l is formed of thin sheet metal andv is circular in shape, beingprovided with a raised central dome like portion 2. At its yperiphery itis provided witha large number of'substantially radial projections y3formed by slotting out the material between' them; The outer ends ofthese projections 3 'are forked and the points 8 bent inwardly so thatiny use 'good grip of the covering material. is ensured. y

The base member is provided with a stili'- ening member 4 of such ashape as to lit closely into the inside of the dome shaped portion 2. yin each of the two members l and 4 to take a metal disc 6 to which aneye member "7 is adapted to be secured, the shanks of the eye memberpassing through suitable holes in the members 1 and 4. This eye member 7is used in attaching the button in its required position on a garment.

When it is required to form a button covered with any desired fabricmaterial, a piece of the said material is cut to the requiredshape andlaid on the base i as shown in Figures l and 3. The claw like ends 8 ofthe projections 3 are then bent inwardly downwardly into engagement withthe material 9 and the button now presents the appearance shown inFigures '2 and 4. The periphery thereof is now bent downwardly about theperiphery of the stit'fening inember 4 so as to get the arrangementshown in Figure 5. The dowi-iwardly projecting rim 10 is then bentinwardly through the position shown inFigure 6 until it is finally incontact with the inner surface of the member 4 as shown in Figure 7. e

In a modified construction no ,stiifening member is used, the basemember being shaped so as to leave a central recess at the back, andwhen the covering material has been gripped by the projections theperiphery is bent downwardly and inwardly about a disc like memberplaced. in the' aforementioned recess and so retains this disc likemember in position. The disc like member is provided with an eye er pinor A central depression 5 is formedl ion other suitable means by whichthe button may be secured to a garment.

It Will be understood that this invention is applicable to any shapesand sizes of buttons, badges or the like either for use or adornment,and provides a simple means whereby the users may make their own buttonsor badges, using if required: in the case of buttons as coveringmaterial therefor, the same material of Which the garment is made. n

Vhat I claim is as follows l. The method of manufacturing buttonsconsisting in forming a sheet metal disc with a plurality of spacedradial projections on its periphery mounting the disc upon a stiffeningmember of dome form and making it conform thereto mounting a piece offabric upon the disc, turning the projections up and back upon thefabric and folding the edge thus formed and which protrudes beyond thestiffener beneath the latter.

2. A button consisting of a sheet metal stitfening member of dome form,a relatively liexible base member mounted upon the stiffening member andkof larger dimensions than the latter, said base member having aplurality of radial projections bent up and back upon itself and adaptedto retain a piece of fabric thereon, the edge thus formed With theportion of the fabric gripped thereby being bent beneath and upwardlyWithin the stiffening member presenting a fabric top having an unbrokensurface.

3. A button consisting of a stiffening member of concave-convex crosssection, a relatively flexible base member mounted upon the convex sideof the stiffening member and conforming thereto, said members having acentral depression; means for securing the members together and forattaching the button to an article, said means consisting of a discmounted in the depression in said members and an eye located beneath themembers and passed therethrough and connected to the disc, said basemember having a plurality of spaced radial projections on its peripheryturned up and back upon itself and adapted to retain a piece of fabric,and the peripheral edge of the base member with the portion of thefabric gripped thereby being bent beneath the stiifener member.

In testimony whereof l have signed Vmy name to this specification in thepresence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES F. GAUNT. lVitnesses:

GORDON G. COOKE, HARRIETTE MCDONALD`

